Thomas Jefferson

Delay is preferable to error.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.